The only problem I see is a small one, possibly logical. When you say, "I've been invited to write for the newspaper," it's understood to mean on a regular basis. In the case of a one-time assignment, you might say, "I've been invited to write
something / a piece / an article for the newspaper."
As we continue reading your sentence, we find that the invitation would have been for a one-time piece, on one particular occasion. In
this case, we'd say, "intended to invite both you and me to submit articles for [possible] publication in his newspaper," or something like that.
Also, the punch line is missing. How did the editor solve his problem? When you use the
past perfect, there's supposed to be a
simple past tense event which the "had intended" preceded: "So the editor
decided that only one of us can submit an article." OR " . . . ; However, because of space constraints, the editor
decided that . . . . " Tune in tommorrow to see who will submit an article.
- A.